Ulrich Schultheiss

composer | komponist

​"What a cool piece! It gripp​ed me as soon as I heard it"

​Gerard McChrystal, saxophonist (UK)

Ulrich Schultheiss is a highly demanded composer and arranger with a musical language that is infused with elements of other genres, cultures or art forms. His music is performed in Europe, in states of the former Soviet Union, in North, Central and South America, in the Middle and Far East. In addition, he has made radio recordings, CD and video productions in Germany and abroad. His catalogue of works includes around 150 compositions for various instrumentations as well as works and arrangements for film, cabaret, theatre and performance. In addition to his artistic activities, he has worked and researched as a professor of music theory and in the field of digital media.

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movimenti 1...4 @BR2RADIO

Jul 8, 2025 | BR2Radio
​Bayerischer Rundfunk is broadcasting a production of Movimenti 1...4 for piano quartet played by the Henschel Quartet from Munich. The composition was written for the Henschel Quartet and premiered in Stuttgart in 1991.

​TANGOMINUTEN

​ Jul 5, 2025 | Werther (D)
Katharina Koenig (accordion) and Gerrit Ahlers (guitar) will perform tangominutes in a concert entitled ‘Arroder Zaubersprüche’ at the Böckstiegelmuseum in Werther (Westphalia). The programme includes works by Winfried Michel and Astor Piazzolla.

zick zack for kids

​May 26, 2025 | Münster (D)
Annalouise Falk (recorder) and Maren Schoppenhorst (accordion) play zick zack at the playground concert at the Niki de Saint Phalle day-care center (UKM) as part of Klangzeit__Werkstatt 2025 "Zwischen den Stühlen". 

Trrrio

​May 25, 2025 | Ennigerloh (D)
The aStella Trio plays Trrrrio as part of its concert entitled "Melodies without borders - from Gershwin to Richter" at the Alte Brennerei in Ennigerloh.

verweht (blown in the wind)

May 25, 2025 | Duisburg (D)
As part of her concert with organist Dominik Susteck, flutist Pia Marei Hauser will play verweht in St Ludger's Church in Duisburg. The programme also includes works by Farzia Fallah, Erik Satie, Johann Sebastian Bach and Dominik Susteck. 

trrrio ​premiere

​May 24, 2025 | Münster (D)
As part of Klangzeit__Werkstatt 2025 "Zwischen den Stühlen", the aStella Trio with Margarita Cherenkova (soprano saxophone), Berfin Karagüzel (cello) and Olzhan Kostubayev (piano) will perform the premiere of the composition Trrrio, written for them, in the concert hall of the University of Music Münster.

​TANGOMINUTEN

​May 24, 2025 | Weslarn (D)
Katharina Koenig (accordion) and Gerrit Ahlers (guitar) perform this new version of tangominuten as part of the 'Tango in May' concert at the Romanesque St Urbanus Church in Weslarn.

​deux par deux In new york city

May 2025 | New York City (USA)
​The very young cellist Ramona, a student at the 'Special Music School' of the 'Kaufman Music Center' in New York City, recently performed deux par deux for cello and piano at the 'Contemporary Music Festival' in Merkin Hall. A recording of the concert is available on YouTube.

​POÈME @BR2RADIO

​Apr 22, 2025 | BR2Radio
Bavarian Radio broadcasts a production of Poème for string orchestra, performed by the chamber orchestra Conrad von der Goltz. Poème was first performed in Münster in 1995 by the STRINGent Ensemble.

​TANGO SULLE CORDE IN Japan

Apr 16, 2025 | Fukuoka (Jp)
Apr 18, 2025 | Hiroshima (Jp)
The Duo Giussani, Pauline Stephan (cello) and Julian Richter (guitar), will perform tango sulle corde in the version for cello and guitar at the Higashi Kumin Bunka Centre in Hiroshima and at the Wako Academy in Fukuoka.

​Faust-Paraphrasen

​Apr 13, 2025 | Recklinghausen (D)
Jay Jung-Hoon Wang and Rainer Klaas perform the Faust Paraphrasen for two pianos at the anniversary concert integral:::musik 50 entitled 'Faust, Afrika, Schneeflocken...' at Bürgerhaus Süd, Recklinghausen. Both artists recorded the piece on CD in 2023.

​SONG FROM PARIS

​Apr 12, 2025 | Holzwickede (D)
Apr 13, 2025 | Sendenhorst (D)
The Italian pianist Alberto Lodoletti plays Song from Paris, a little homage to the French capital, in his piano recital at Haus Siekmann in Sendenhorst and as part of the '1250 Years of Westphalia' programme at the Emschersaal in Holzwickede.

​Three funky pieces

​Mar 21, 2025 | Sulzbach-Rosenberg (D)
Stefan Frank (sax) and Lisa Milyukova (pf) play ‘Okay, okay’ and ‘Wanted’ from the Three Funky Pieces at the teachers' concert of the Sulzbach-Rosenberg Music School in the Town hall.

TANGO SULLE CORDE IN ITALY

Mar 16, 2025 | Tagliolo Monferrato (I)
Duo Giussani, Pauline Stephan (cello) and Julian Richter (guitar), perform tango sulle corde in the version for cello and guitar at Castello di Tagliolo Monferrato in Piemonte, Italy. The duo presented this version for the first time at the Celloherbst am Hellweg 2024 festival and will play it on a concert tour to Japan in April 2025.

Birdsong & Drops in Holland

Feb 23, 2025 | Almere (NL)
Mar 2, 2025 | Museum Schokland (NL)
​Mar 9, 2025 | Austerlitz (NL)
Birdsong and drops in the wind are part of the music theatre piece 'SCHOKGOLF' (Shockwave) by Dutch artist Annechien Koerselman. The musical performance will be realised by the Ensemble Black Pencil. More information including video trailer can be found on the artist's website.

​more
new recordings
BIRDSONG @ Pantopia Music
BIRDSONG @ Pantopia Music

Pantopia Music has released the album "The Zodiac Happening" with Susanne Fröhlich (recorders), Marc Sinan (guitar) and Meinrad Kneer (double bass). "The Zodiac Happening" is a musical mosaic about the relationship between man and nature, based on pieces in song format by Debussy, Radiohead, Stockhausen, Takemitsu and Schultheiss, among others. Link to the audio player

WANTED
WANTED

Patricia Marchiș, winner of the 'International Jazz in the Park Competition 2023' in Cluj-Napoca (Romania), has released her debut album 'METAMORPHOSIS' with an arrangement of Ulrichs' song WANTED for saxophone and jazz combo. The album of MARQUIS NOIR is available on the well-known streaming portals.

CD TWO PIANOS

Jay Jung-Hoon Wang and Rainer Klaas perform FAUST-PARAPHRASES from 1987 on the CD "RAPHAEL, SCHULTHEISS, ZABEL - ZWEI KLAVIERE". Other titles on the CD are the 'Toccata' op. 45 by Günter Raphael and 'Frozen Dances' by Frank Zabel.

CD BLACK PENCIL: SCHOKLAND
CD BLACK PENCIL: SCHOKLAND

On this CD, members of the ENSEMBLE BLACK PENCIL perform works for solo instruments inspired by the World Heritage Site of Schokland in the Netherlands: WINDSPEL for viola (Esra Pehlivanli), BIRDSONG for recorder (Jorge Isaac) and DROPS IN THE WIND for accordion (Marko Kassl).

CD SOUVENIRS D'ENFANCE
CD SOUVENIRS D'ENFANCE

On her solo album "SOUVENIRS D'ENFANCE", the Swiss pianist Fabienne Mittaz performs works by Domenico Scarlatti, Robert and Clara Schumann, Claude Debussy, Arvo Pärt and Jean-Jacques Werner, and also includes NACHKLANG to Robert Schumann's "Des Abends" by Ulrich Schultheiss.

CD NATURE
CD NATURE

On the CD "NATURE" of Patricia Pagny's piano class at the Hochschule der Künste in Bern, Paola Lepori plays RITORNA LA NEBBIA and Fabienne Mittaz NACHKLANG to Robert Schumann's "Des Abends".

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​Videos

+++ the latest premieres

trrrio - premiered by Margarita Cherenkova (sax), Berfin Karagüzel (vc) & Olzhan Kostubayev (pf) (05/2025)
​witch hunt a 3 – premiered by Arto Panula (tp), Detlev Stürzenberger (sax) and Mari Taivalmaa (pf)  in Seinäjoki (SF) (02/2025)
chinwag - premiered by Susanne Fröhlich (rec) and Meinrad Kneer (upright bass) in Fergitz (D) (08/2024)
about infinity - premiered by Paula Richter (bn) and Christian Richter (org) in Lüneburg (D)  (07/2024)
DayDream - premiered by Yuri Jang (vl.) and Tobias Hagedorn (org) in Frankfurt/M. (D) (06/2024)
verweht* - premiered by Nicola Mogavero (soprano saxophone*) in Lamia (GR) (05/2023)
pas de deux - premiered by Matias de Oliveira Pinto (vc) & Fábio Presgrave (vc) in Natal (Brazil) (04/2023)

... new scores

ARE Verlag in Cologne has recently published:

Farewell Concert Online

The video of Ulrich Schultheiss' farewell concert at the University of Music Muenster including souvenir, blue-S, zick zack, Song from Paris and double trouble is available on YouTube in its entirety as well as in separate contributions featuring:
Fatjona Maliqi, piano
Minji Han, piano
Rebekka Wilhelm, soprano saxophone
Franziska Ecker, accordion
Prof. Matias de Oliveira Pinto, violoncello
Risa Adachi, piano
Prof. Stephan Froleyks, moderation

Trailer: 'Climbing Utopia'

lyrics by René Daumal
music by Nils Imhorst, Serban Nichifor, Jacob TV, Ulrich Schultheiss ("Karussell" from 02:49)

project manager: Robert Beck
direction, action: Frederik Göke
clarinet: Robert Beck
bass: Nils Imhorst
accordion: Marko Kassl

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2000 - 2025 
25 years of 'witch hunt in concert'

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